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Dade County officer run over by suspect expected to be okay

Posted On: 7th August, 2018

By: Ken Nicholson & Taneisha Cordell, wrcbtv.com

It happened shortly before 3:00 p.m. on Highway 11.

Sgt. Chad Payne with the Dade County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were notified by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office that a chase involving a burglary suspect in a pickup truck was making its way into Dade County.

Sgt. Payne says the officer was putting down spike strips on Highway 11 near South Cedar Lane when he was run over by the suspect.

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